def and for 75% of the time its far more interesting and dosen't stoop to stupid levels of intellgience to get it to the big screen. The wire, mad men, soproanos, broadwalk, treme, GOT etc are really indepth explorations of certain themes. its fantastic.

The fact that big actors are flocking to do them. Its a cross between theatre and film. it sits in the middle. Gives actors a chance to act, but also the series give a chance to entertain on a film level.

another one i havn't seen yet is friday night lights, i got them stacked up on my sky box so shall get into them hopefully soon.

My girlfriend and I have become rather engrossed by The Good Wife, might be worth a look. It takes most of the first season to find its feet but the second season has some very good moments. Some of the supporting cast are very good indeed. It's kind of a legal drama but there's political intrigue and smatterings of good humour.

You will watch the first few episodes thinking why am I watching this utterly shit 300 rip off and then things just gets better and better until you are on the edge of your seat baying at the TV for more tits and blood.

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My girlfriend and I have become rather engrossed by The Good Wife, might be worth a look. It takes most of the first season to find its feet but the second season has some very good moments. Some of the supporting cast are very good indeed. It's kind of a legal drama but there's political intrigue and smatterings of good humour.

My in-laws keep raving about this. Maybe once we've finished the other 5 series we have on the go (on top of the ones we are keeping up with on telly at the mo).

I like lists so here, as much as for my enjoyment as any of yours, is a non-exhaustive list of awesome TV dramas. There are a couple of mini-series here and there. I have described the less well-known ones.

The Wire
Deadwood
The Sopranos
The X Files
Firefly
Twin Peaks
Sherlock Holmes (the traditional one with Jeremy Brett)
Jeeves & Wooster
John Adams (HBO drama with undistinguished direction but a fascinating story. If you're interested in American history that is.)
I, Claudius
Battlestar Galactica
The Line of Beauty (Slick adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst's terrific novel about a young gay man who befriends the family of a Tory MP during Thatcher's reign.)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
State of Play (Top drawer British political thriller.)
Brideshead Revisited (Glorious adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's glorious novel.)
The West Wing
The Killing
Generation Kill
Treme (Post-Katrina New Orleans drama by the makers of The Wire. Amazing music.)
Any Human Heart (Above average adaptation of William Boyd's second-best novel.)
House of Cards (Incredible British political drama.)
Tales of the Unexpected (Based on Roald Dahl's delightful and wicked short stories for adults. An object lesson in how to do twists.)

You will watch the first few episodes thinking why am I watching this utterly shit 300 rip off and then things just gets better and better until you are on the edge of your seat baying at the TV for more tits and blood.

I couldn't get past the shitness of episode 1 .Turned it off after 20 minutes and started watching Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip which is brilliant.

The first series of Spartacus and the subsequent prequel series are brilliant, the latest series made a reasonable attempt but I don't think it recovered from the real-life death of the original Spartacus and it just wasn't as tight as the originals. It's definitely worth sticking with Blood and Sand for a few episodes.